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Bark vs. bite
From the Landcorp (Western Australia) website :
- “LandCorp is the Western Australian Government’s land and property developer.”
- Services include “Optimising triple bottom line outcomes from government-owned land.”
- “Sustainable development requires a different way of thinking about neighbourhoods in our cities and regions and involves identifying ways to demonstrate environmental leadership, community wellbeing, design excellence and economic health to produce integrated and holistic development concepts.”
- “We apply our sustainability vision to our work to bring a balance of social, environmental and economic outcomes for West Australians.”
10.02.10 in urban-planning sustainability
Ben Elton wired to the sun
Comic Strip comedian and author, Ben Elton, gets to keep the photovoltaic panels he put on his heritage registered North Fremantle home after a stoush with the council. But he does have to remove them within 25 years, if Freemantle is still above water then. He will move into the house with his “Perth wife” in December, and will probably have enough material for a new novel with this.
06.09.09 in sustainability